LawInSport

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

A recent United States district court decision on copyright infringement has brought the issue of recreation of tattoos in video games back into the spotlight and has diverged from an earlier ruling from another district court in a different judicial circuit. The case concerned the digital depiction of five tattoos on professional wrestler and current WWE champion, Randy Orton, in the “ WWE 2K ” professional wresting video game series.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a surprising blow to pandemic restrictions on house of worship in a late night order barring the enforcement of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Oct. 6 “Cluster Initiative” limiting attendance at religious services. Five justices (including newly installed Justice Amy Coney Barrett) blocked the limits while allowing the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to hear the merits in the case.

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NewYorkCourtWatcher

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

(This is a brief detour to address significant decisions just rendered by the Supreme Court and New York State's Highest court.)One tribunal, the Supreme Court, took constitutionally protected free exercise of religion seriously. Perhaps, the Court even went overboard in doing so.By the sharpest contrast, another tribunal, New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals, seemed entirely.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Like many families, we are having a smaller gathering this year due to the pandemic guidelines with just our immediate family. We have had to make some changes in size but not in spirit. We are cooking up a feast and enjoying our holiday together. I ran a column this morning on my take on the Pilgrims in light of recent criticism of the holiday.

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